This year marks Open Access (OA) Week’s eighth year and events have been scheduled around the world to bring attention to what open access means for research, researchers, and publishers.
OA Week continues to be an important event designed to raise awareness of the benefits of supporting an open access environment, as well as, the value and impact open access content delivers to the reader. For our part, the MSK Library is committed to the principles of open access to scholarly peer-reviewed literature as a means to accelerate scientific discovery and improve patient care.
Again this year during OA Week, the Library website will feature OA publications by MSK authors in our Today’s Science Sparks section. You can also look for the open access button located next to OA citations found in the Today’s Science Sparks archives.
The following selected items provide additional information about OA with a few suggestions on how you too can get involved!
- International Open Access Week – check out what others are doing to advance OA initiatives and awareness
- Interview with Peter Suber (Library Journal, Sep 30, 2015) – read a recent interview with Peter Suber who is considered by many to be the de facto leader of the worldwide open-
access movement - Topsy – search and discover what the Twitterverse is saying about open access. TIP: You can search for tweets by using the official OA hashtags #oaweek2015 or #openaccessweek
- Sloan Kettering Open-Access Publication (SKOAP) Fund – review the requirements and guidelines to see if you are eligible to apply for financial support to underwrite article processing fees for open access journals
If you know of an open access resource, feel free to send me an email so that we can include it in our Open Access LibGuide. This guide highlights many OA resources and websites and there is always room to add new ones to the list.
Happy Open Access Week!
Donna Gibson
Director of Library Services